The Long Count: Some prominent Republicans appeared on the Sunday talk shows to establish distance between the party and its erstwhile leader Donald Trump after Democrats retained control of the Senate with a win in Nevada.   “We’re not a cult. We’re …

Pardon Me: President Trump said yesterday that the prosecutors who recommended 7 to 9 years in prison for his longtime friend and former political associate Roger Stone “ought to apologize.”   “You have murderers and drug addicts that don’t get nine years,” …

From Russia, With Love: Speaking before the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday, the leaders of the nation’s intelligence agencies said Russia is already messing with the American midterm elections. “There should be no doubt that Russia perceives its past efforts as …

Dead Letter Office: President Trump last night blocked the release of the Democratic rebuttal to a memo from House Intelligence Committee Republicans that claimed anti-Trump bias in the FBI’s Russia investigation. The President’s lawyer, Don McGahn, said in a letter …

Short Shutdown: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul kept Congress up all night, blocking a budget vote and causing a six-hour government shutdown. Paul delivered a long and impassioned speech condemning the hypocrisy of his own party for deepening the national deficit …

Street Terror: The driver of a pickup truck that ran down and killed eight people on a West Side Manhattan bike path yesterday wrote a note mentioning the Islamic State, investigators say. He left behind a trail of mangled bodies …

To Your Health: The number of Americans with health insurance has slipped by 3.5 million under President Donald Trump, according to the  Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. Trump has claimed Obamacare is collapsing, but he’s also nudging it to the brink. He …

The Russia House: On a day when his political agenda should have been focused on getting his tax reforms through Congress, President Trump chose instead to accuse Russia, the FBI, and Democrats of conspiracy to discredit him. The president wrote, …

Rule of Law: A federal appeals court early today rejected the Justice Department request to immediately reinstate President Trump’s travel and immigration ban. Just two weeks in, he’s in a battle over the power of the presidency. Trump yesterday fired …